Identifier: illustratedhist00russ (find matches)
Title: An illustrated history of our war with Spain : its causes, incidents, and results
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Russell, Henry Benajah, 1859- Thurston, John Mellen, 1847-1916 Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Hartford, Conn : A. D. Worthington
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e weeks prior to the reassembling of Congress inDecember, 1896, it was apparent that the people of theUnited States would not permit the Cuban situation todrag along indefinitely. In behalf of the Cubans, both partieshad inserted a strong plank in their platform, and the hopes ofthe Cuban sympathizers, which had been dashed by PresidentClevelands gentle diplomacy, eagerly awaited the coming ad-ministration of William McKinley. That our interferencewould be tolerated, if, indeed, it were not welcomed by Britishinterests, was evident from editorials in leading English papers.The chaotic condition of industry and commerce in Cuba couldnot be longer endured with complacency, when there was noevidence that the Spaniards could pacify the island, and whenSpanish atrocities seemed to warrant interference on thegrounds of humanity alone. Indignation meetings were heldall over the United States, and were often addressed by leadingand influential men. There was little interest in President (326)
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ACTION OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS 329 Clevelands message — liis last annual state paper — exceptin his references to Cuba. He reviewed tlie struggle and sawno prospects of its early termination, and he suggested that ifSpain should offer to Cuba a full measure of home rule, Cubaremaining subject to the Spanish sovereignty, such a solutionmight be satisfactory on both sides, and the United Statesmight well consent to give guarantees for the carrying out ofthe arrangement. For the present he recommended our gov-ernment to pursue our usual course. But hardly had the mes-sage been printed when the people were aroused by the storiesof the fate of Maceo. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations proceeded toaction at once, and, notwithstanding the fact that SecretaryOlney departed from custom and appeared before the com-mittee and advised against any action by Congress, it unani-mously passed a joint resolution, introduced and championedby Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania, acknowl

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